Category: SALUD
Ministers of Health of the Americas will meet virtually in PAHO’s Directing Council to address health priorities
Ministers of Health of the Americas will meet virtually in PAHO’s Directing Council to address health priorities Health authorities will discuss the region’s response to…
PAHO celebrates reduction in new cases of rabies in the Americas and calls for maintaining efforts to achieve elimination by 2022
In 2019, there were 3 cases of human rabies, almost 98% less than in 1983, and Mexico became the first disease-free country. PAHO highlights the…
PAHO urges countries to plan early for COVID-19 vaccinations to reduce deaths
PAHO Director warned that it may take time before people are vaccinated and said countries should continue public health measures such as social distancing, handwashing…
PAHO reports more than 60,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in pregnant women, with 458 deaths
Pregnant women are at increased risk of presenting with severe forms of COVID-19, according to recently published results and studies. PAHO asks countries to ensure…
Despite large numbers of cases, countless people not yet exposed remain vulnerable to COVID-19 infection in the Americas
PAHO Director recommends a series of measures for minimizing transmission and adapting spaces to make them as safe as they can be as countries reopen. She also…
Hospital a escala y ta brinda cuido di emergencia so
Si bo tin cita y ta Covid-19 positivo yama y nos lo cambia bo cita Actualmente Hospital a escala y ta atendiendo casonan di emergencia…
COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates suicide risk factors
Coronavirus is affecting the mental health of many people, especially health workers. Data from recent studies show increased distress, anxiety and depression Washington, DC, September…
FISIOTHERAPIA Y COVID-19
Dia 8 di september tawata e dia international di e fisiotherapistanan. Nos kier a manda un pabien grandi ainda na tur e therapistanan rond mundo. Full…
COVID-19 has infected some 570,000 health workers and killed 2,500 in the Americas, PAHO Director says
Despite downward trends, human cost of pandemic remains unacceptably high, with almost 4,000 deaths a day in region Washington D.C., September 2, 2020 (PAHO) – Health…
PAHO Director asks PROSUR leaders to participate in initiative to fast track access to COVID-19 vaccines
Washington, D.C., August 28, 2020 (PAHO)— The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, asked the PROSUR block of South American presidents…
Specialista ta demanda DVG pa a viola su privacidad medico
Ik verstuur deze mail namens onze klant T. Peterson, medisch specialist te Aruba.Hij is onterecht opgenomen op een lijst met personen die positief testten op het…
PAHO asks countries to reinforce contact tracing and data systems as the region starts to reopen
As Covid-19 infections double, smart local measures needed to slow its spread Washington D.C., August 25, 2020 (PAHO) – As cases of COVID-19 have more than…
PAHO celebrates achievement of Africa region in eliminating wild poliovirus
The Americas´ last reported case of polio from wild poliovirus was in 1991 Washington, DC, 25 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)…
Countries must expand services to cope with mental health effects of COVID-19 pandemic, PAHO Director says
Washington, D.C. August 18, 2020 (PAHO) – Countries in the Americas should expand and invest in mental health services to cope with the effects of the…
COVID-19 threatens plans to eliminate and control infectious diseases, PAHO Director says
Countries must balance COVID-19 response with maintaining essential services to manage and prevent infectious diseases. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11, 2020 (PAHO)— The pandemic of COVID-19, which…
